Ortez Mario, Bir Courtney, Widmar Nicole Olynk, Wolf Christopher A
Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2020 Mar 12;10(3):472. doi: 10.3390/ani10030472.
U.S. residents' perceptions of the impact of prominent animal welfare and veterinary care organizations on pet animal well-being and health care may not be linked to the organization's stated mission and effectiveness in advancing it, but to the level of recognition people have for the groups. An online survey of 1000 U.S. residents was used to understand the perceived impact of organizations with self-stated dedication to pet animal well-being. Using a Likert-scale, respondents ranked 13 prominent organizations as having a low to high impact on pet animal well-being and health care. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) had the highest perceived average impact, while People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) had the lowest. A best-worst scaling (BWS) choice experiment was conducted with 7 of the initial 13 organizations to elicit relative rankings by forcing tradeoffs by respondents. Consistent with the Likert-scale results, the ASPCA was ranked as the most impactful organization. The ASPCA's perceived impact on pet animal well-being and health care may be linked to their high level of recognition among respondents, as this was the organization that respondents most frequently reported having seen/heard stories related to animal well-being and health care.
美国居民对知名动物福利和兽医护理组织对宠物动物福祉和医疗保健影响的认知，可能并非与该组织宣称的使命及其在推进该使命方面的成效相关，而是与人们对这些组织的认知程度有关。一项针对1000名美国居民的在线调查，旨在了解那些自称致力于宠物动物福祉的组织所产生的感知影响。受访者使用李克特量表，将13个知名组织对宠物动物福祉和医疗保健的影响从低到高进行了排名。美国防止虐待动物协会（ASPCA）的感知平均影响最高，而善待动物组织（PETA）的影响最低。对最初13个组织中的7个进行了最佳-最差标度法（BWS）选择实验，通过迫使受访者进行权衡来得出相对排名。与李克特量表结果一致，美国防止虐待动物协会被评为最具影响力的组织。美国防止虐待动物协会对宠物动物福祉和医疗保健的感知影响，可能与其在受访者中的高认知度有关，因为该组织是受访者最常报告听说过与动物福祉和医疗保健相关故事的组织。
